The family of a man washed away in a mobile home after saving three lives are desperately searching through the rubble to find him after floods devastated the town.

Scott Johnson pulled his uncle to safety when water rapidly flooded into Flat Gap, Kentucky, then immediately ran to his grandmother's mobile home nearby.

Inside were an 11-year-old boy and his grandmother, 74-year-old Willa Mae Pennington, but when he got inside, the mobile home was swept away by the water.

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Hero: Scott Johnson, left, remains missing after trying to save three lives during floods in Kentucky. He was washed away while trying to save his grandmother, who he is standing with on the right, but was washed away

Family values: They were seen scouring the mud yesterday for Scott, who remains missing, and pulling wet photos from the wreckage that was once a grandmother's mobile home

Memories: The family was seen scouring the mud yesterday for Scott, who remains missing, and pulling wet photos from the wreckage that was once a grandmother's mobile home.

Desperate task: Scott remains missing and now his family are frantically searching through the debris and wading through the mud trying to find him. Pictured is his brother-in-law, Roland Marcum

Fatherly love: Kevin Johnson searches the debris and creek banks for his son, Scott Johnson, who was missing after deadly flooding in Flat Gap

Scott managed to save the young boy by helping him onto a passing porch that was floating. He then got hold of a tree branch and was rescued two hours later.

Sadly, Willa Mae and Scott were washed away. The coroner has confirmed the 74-year-old's death after she was found later that day.

But Scott remains missing and now his family are frantically searching through the debris and wading through the mud trying to find him.

His cousin, Melissa Blankenship, talked of his bravery, telling Lex18: 'He saved people, and [is] just a hero for us all.

'He wasn't even supposed to be there. He stopped because the water was high and he was trying to help.'

The family continue to search for Scott, and piece their lives back together after losing loved ones and their homes.

They were seen scouring the mud yesterday for Scott, who remains missing, and pulling wet photos from the wreckage that was once a grandmother's mobile home.

Life in tatters: Robbie Taylor, left, stares at the swollen creek which destroyed the trailer he shares with his girlfriend Markita Trent

Pure power: Mobile homes were ripped away from their bases and floated along the river in Kentucky

Trail of devastation: Very little remained intact after the river floods raged through Kentucky. Doris Hardin talks on the phone as she takes a break from looking for her missing cats and other belongings from her trailer which was swept away

Kentucky Lieutenant Governor Crit Luallen and other officials toured the eastern Kentucky community on Wednesday, where flooding washed out many people's of homes.

Family unit: Ralph Whitaker, left, and his father Kevin Johnson, right, search the creek banks for Kevin's son